• XenGi@feddit.org
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      16 hours ago

      Problem is, that you kind of have to have a phone nowadays to take part in society.

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        9 hours ago

        I don’t see how it’s true. It might be more inconvenient, that’s all.

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          5 minutes ago

          Its beyond inconvinient. My work requires a login app which works only on android. Plus, Whatsapp for co-ordination, planning and allocation. If you do not have one. You cannot work at all.

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            46 minutes ago

            I also have a number of mandated programs on my work phone. But work makes no demands that I need to buy a smartphone. In private life there is even no demand to have a voice line, just a physical address.

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              47 seconds ago

              Putting aside the login app. The downside would be less networking, connections, and job finding if you do not have a smartphone and WhatsApp. Not to mention digital payments, banking, tickets for trains, bus, etc,. Unless, you want to lose time and be in a queue everywhere.